I never should have put him in
They condescend to fix on me a frown
With the captain of the other team
He turns and loads the lemonade away
Went deafening silence and stopped emotion
I should've known, he thinks again
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
How they love the sporting life
And all of this is clear to me
But while I am lying here trying to fight the tears
There's my father looking on
The season was almost done, we managed it 12 to 1
And father, it had such hopes for a son who would take the ropes
They condescend and fix on me a frown
And breathes in deep the sporting life
How they love the sporting life
Though I think I might lie here a little longer
There's my coach, he's looking down
With the captain of the other team
The disappointment in his knitted brow
So far I had known no humiliation
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
There's my father looking on
In front of my friends and close relations
But apparently now there's some complications
And fulfill all his old athletic aspirations
The sporting life, the sporting life, how he loves
And there's my girlfriend arm in arm
And all of this is clear to me
